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Transfer news: Stewart Downing keen to stay at Liverpool if club want him

Stewart Downing has abandoned plans to leave Liverpool and hopes Brendan Rodgers still wants him at Anfield.

Last Updated: 10/05/13 9:16am

Stewart Downing: Winger is back in favour at Liverpool

The England winger started just one Premier League game before November 25 and was told he could find another club in January.

But injuries and loss of form elsewhere in the Liverpool squad provided a reprieve, and Downing has featured regularly since the transfer window closed.

"That's football for you," he said. "Me and the manager have always had open conversations and I found it difficult at the start of the season because I didn't play, it wasn't that I wasn't playing well.